Department of Medical Social Work

Our Services

• Counselling services to patients
• Counselling services to family members
• Discharge planning with family counselling
• Psychosocial - economic Assessment of patients requiring major surgery / medical treatment, eg. transplants
• Financial assessment and assistance
• Group work with patients: Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme
• Group work with patients and families: Pre-dialysis Counseling Programme
• Marital Counselling
• Abortion Counselling
• Crisis Counselling: attempted suicide, sexual assault, family violence, child/ elderly abuse

Additional Programmes

• NUH Friends: hospital volunteer programme
• NUH CARE (Caring Action in Response to Emergency) team
• Staff Peer Support Programme - CARE BUDDIES